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Inside the core of every atom sits a force millions of times more powerful than the chemistry of everyday life. Tap into it and you can light a city, see inside the human body, read the age of the Earth in a lump of rock, or understand how the stars themselves shine. Nuclear physics is the science of that hidden power, and it shapes the modern world far more than most people realize.

This is the clear, intuitive guide to it, built from the ground up. No physics degree required, no heavy math assumed. Starting inside the nucleus and the force that holds it together, it explains where nuclear energy really comes from, how atoms break apart and fuse together, and how the same science that powers reactors also cures disease and forges the elements in dying stars.

Inside, you'll discover:
- What protons, neutrons, and isotopes really are, and what holds them together
- Why E=mc² is the key to all nuclear energy, through binding energy and the mass defect
- What makes an atom radioactive, and the different ways nuclei decay
- How half-life turns atoms into clocks that date fossils, rocks, and the Earth itself
- How nuclear fission splits the atom, and how chain reactions are controlled
- How fusion powers the stars, and the long quest to harness it on Earth
- How reactors work, what went wrong at the famous accidents, and how safe nuclear power really is
- How radiation is measured, how nuclear medicine saves lives, and where the elements came from

This is the clear, honest guide to the science at the heart of matter, from the tiny nucleus to the furnaces of the stars.

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• Plný název: Nuclear Physics Made Clear
• Podnázev: An Accessible Journey from the Atom's Core to the Stars and Beyond
• Autor: Declan Ogden
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 418
• EAN: 9798184219691
• ID: 53017002
• Nakladatelství: Independently published
• Hmotnost: 558 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 22 mm
• Datum vydání: 25. June 2026

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